The supernatural killer kid film THE CHILD opened in Austin, TX on March 4, 1977 through Harry Novak's Box-Office International. By September it was being paired with another Novak acquisition, Frederick Friedel's AXE (originally released in 1974 as LISA, LISA). Below is a review of THE CHILD when it played in Los Angeles with AXE in January 1978.
The title was changed to KILL AND GO HIDE! when released in the New York area (by Tim Kincaid & Cynthia DePaula's New American Films) on January 28, 1983.